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=== What is the Early Church Information File? === | === What is the Early Church Information File? === | ||
The Early Church Information File (ECIF) is an alphabetical card index of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) along with some of their neighbors. It focuses most on the years from 1830 to 1914. This file indexes over 1,200 sources with an abundance of entries for Latter-day Saints. The ECIF contains 1,091,919 cards. Each person found in the ECIF is listed on about one to a dozen or so cards. Each card for an individual cites a different source document. Most source documents contain further details about that person. Cards for any one individual may be scattered under variations of his or her name. This file contains cards for most, but not all, Latter-day Saints from 1830-1914. | The Early Church Information File (ECIF) is an alphabetical card index of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) along with some of their neighbors. It focuses most on the years from 1830 to 1914. This file indexes over 1,200 sources with an abundance of entries for Latter-day Saints. The ECIF contains 1,091,919 cards. Each person found in the ECIF is listed on about one to a dozen or so cards. Each card for an individual cites a different source document. Most source documents contain further details about that person. Cards for any one individual may be scattered under variations of his or her name. This file contains cards for most, but not all, Latter-day Saints from 1830-1914. | ||
These cards were originally preserved on 75 rolls of {{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=FHL Films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729}}. These microfilmed card images are now also made available on the Internet via a ''FamilySearch Historical Records '' collection mislabeled as ''[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078505 Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900]''. The card images on this free Internet site can easily be browsed in alphabetical order, but the names on the cards are not <u>computer</u> indexed. | These cards were originally preserved on 75 rolls of {{FHL|480808|title-id|disp=FHL Films 1,750,655 to 1,750,729}}. These microfilmed card images are now also made available on the Internet via a ''FamilySearch Historical Records '' collection mislabeled as ''[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078505 Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900]''. The card images on this free Internet site can easily be browsed in alphabetical order, but the names on the cards are not <u>computer</u> indexed. | ||
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:*{{FHL|37069|title-id|disp=''Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register''}}. | :*{{FHL|37069|title-id|disp=''Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register''}}. | ||
Entries in the file often refer to an event such as a person's birth, marriage, or death. Entries may also refer to a biographical sketch. The Early Church Information File usually gives a person's name, the date of the event, and a source reference and library call number for the source. The original record may supply additional family history information as well. | Entries in the file often refer to an event such as a person's birth, marriage, or death. Entries may also refer to a biographical sketch. The Early Church Information File usually gives a person's name, the date of the event, and a source reference and library call number for the source. The original record may supply additional family history information as well. | ||
=== How Can The ECIF Help You? === | === How Can The ECIF Help You? === | ||
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==== '''Step 2. Locate the name in the index''' ==== | ==== '''Step 2. Locate the name in the index''' ==== | ||
[[Image:ECIF1b.png|thumb|right|450px]] [[Image:ECIF2b.png|thumb|right|450px]] [[Image:ECIF3b.png|thumb|right|450px]]Once you have located the appropriate microfiche, or film, locate the name you are searching for in the Early Church Information File. Names may be typed in any order, but the cards are always arranged alphabetically by surname. For example, a name may appear as Perrigrine Sessions or Sessions, Perrigrine. An individual in the Early Church Information File may be listed on one card or on many cards depending on how much is written on the individual and how much of that material has been indexed.<br><br> ''On the right are three example cards found in the'' Early Church Information File ''for Perrigrine Sessions.'' | [[Image:ECIF1b.png|thumb|right|450px]] [[Image:ECIF2b.png|thumb|right|450px]] [[Image:ECIF3b.png|thumb|right|450px]]Once you have located the appropriate microfiche, or film, locate the name you are searching for in the Early Church Information File. Names may be typed in any order, but the cards are always arranged alphabetically by surname. For example, a name may appear as Perrigrine Sessions or Sessions, Perrigrine. An individual in the Early Church Information File may be listed on one card or on many cards depending on how much is written on the individual and how much of that material has been indexed.<br><br> ''On the right are three example cards found in the'' Early Church Information File ''for Perrigrine Sessions.'' | ||
==== '''Step 3. Interpret and copy the information''' ==== | ==== '''Step 3. Interpret and copy the information''' ==== | ||
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=== More Information about the File === | === More Information about the File === | ||
Generally the quality of indexing in the ECIF has been excellent. Over the years, however, the amount of data placed on the cards has varied greatly, ranging from listing only the name, date, and page(s), to capturing most of the data in the source. | *Generally the quality of indexing in the ECIF has been excellent. Over the years, however, the amount of data placed on the cards has varied greatly, ranging from listing only the name, date, and page(s), to capturing most of the data in the source. | ||
*'''[[Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]''' describes the Internet version of this file in greater detail. | |||
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